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Eibun Senaha

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arXiv2026

Gravitational waves from CP domain wall collapse and electron EDM in a complex singlet model with dimension-five Yukawa interactions

We study the interplay between gravitational waves (GWs) from domain wall collapse and the electron electric dipole moment (EDM) in a complex singlet extension of the standard model with dimension-five Yukawa interactions. In this framework, the scalar potential admits CP-related degenerate vacua, leading to the formation of CP domain walls. While the resulting GW signal provides a probe of the vacuum structure of the singlet scalar sector, it does not by itself constitute a CP-violating observable. Once the singlet scalar is coupled to standard model fermions, CP-violating phases become observable through EDMs. We analyze whether current and future EDM experiments can probe the parameter region where the GW signal is detectable by SKA and THEIA. We find that the current electron EDM bound already constrains part of the parameter space, while future sensitivities at the level of $10^{-31}$--$10^{-32}\,e\,\mathrm{cm}$ can probe regions overlapping with the GW-detectable domain. Our results highlight the complementarity between GW and EDM observables in probing the singlet scalar sector, providing a coherent picture of its vacuum structure and CP properties.

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arXiv2025

Exploring CP violation and vanishing electric dipole moment of the electron in a scale-invariant general 2HDM

We investigate a scale-invariant general two-Higgs-doublet model with explicit CP violation. Using the Gildener-Weinberg method, we analyze the Higgs mass spectrum and couplings at the one-loop level, focusing on CP violation originating from both the Higgs potential and the Yukawa sector. We show that, due to the flatness condition, both CP-even and CP-odd mixings between the 125 GeV Higgs boson and the heavier Higgs states arise only radiatively. As a result, the Higgs couplings to gauge bosons and fermions remain Standard Model-like, in agreement with current LHC constraints. We also find that the magnitude of CP violation from the Higgs potential depends on the new complex Yukawa couplings and heavy Higgs masses, due to the flatness condition. In the case where only an additional top Yukawa coupling $\rho_{tt}$ is present, the electron electric dipole moment is directly proportional to $\mathrm{Im}\rho_{tt}^2$. Furthermore, a nontrivial cancellation region can occur for a specific Higgs mass spectrum. We extend our analysis to scenarios with an additional complex electron Yukawa coupling, identifying the conditions under which the electron electric dipole moment is suppressed or vanishes.

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arXiv2024

Gravitational waves from domain wall collapses and dark matter in the SM with a complex scalar

We study domain wall induced by spontaneously broken $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry and its gravitational wave signature in the standard model with a complex scalar in connection with dark matter physics. In a minimal setup, a linear term of the singlet field is added to the scalar potential as an explicit $\mathbb{Z}_2$ breaking term to make the domain wall unstable. We obtain its minimal size from cosmological constraints and show that the parameter space that can be probed by current and future pulsar time array experiments requires the vacuum expectation value of the singlet field to be greater than $\mathcal{O}(10-100)$ TeV, along with a singlet-like Higgs mass of $\mathcal{O}(1-100)$ TeV. However, such a region is severely restricted by the dark matter relic density, which places an upper bound on the singlet vacuum expectation value at approximately 200 TeV, and limits the dark matter mass to about half of the singlet-like Higgs boson mass.

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arXiv2024

A renormalization group improvement for thermally resummed effective potential

We propose a novel method for renormalization group improvement of thermally resummed effective potential. In our method, $β$-functions are temperature dependent as a consequence of the divergence structure in resummed perturbation theory. In contrast to the ordinary $\overline{\text{MS}}$ scheme, the renormalization group invariance of the resummed finite-temperature effective potential holds order by order, which significantly mitigates a notorious renormalization scale dependence of phase transition quantities such as a critical temperature even at the one-loop order. We also devise a tractable method that enables one to incorporate temperature-dependent higher-order corrections by fully exploiting the renormalization group invariance.

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arXiv2024

Refined renormalization group improvement for thermally resummed effective potential

We newly develop a renormalization group (RG) improvement for thermally resummed effective potentials. In this method, $β$-functions are consistently defined in resummed perturbation theories, so that order-by-order RG invariance is not spoiled after thermal resummation. With this improvement, scale dependences of phase transition quantities such as a critical temperature, which are known to be notoriously large at the one-loop order, are greatly reduced compared to calculations with the conventional $\overline{\text{MS}}$ scheme. By taking advantage of the RG invariance, we also devise a resummation method that can incorporate potentially harmful large logarithmic terms and temperature-dependent power corrections in a generic form. We point out that a resummed one-loop effective potential refined by the method can give results that agree with those obtained by resummed two-loop effective potentials within errors.

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arXiv2023

Electron electric dipole moment and electroweak baryogenesis in a complex singlet extension of the Standard Model with degenerate scalars

We study the possibility of electroweak baryogenesis in the standard model with a complex scalar field, focusing mainly on a degenerate scalar scenario. In our setup, CP violation is provided by dimensional-5 Yukawa interactions involving the complex scalar field. In contrast to previous studies in the literature, we exemplify a case in which a complex phase in the singlet scalar potential is transmitted to the fermion sector via the higher-dimensional operators and drives BAU. We point out that an electric dipole moment of the electron can be suppressed due to the Higgs mass degeneracy and the presence of a new electron Yukawa coupling. Thus, viable parameter space for electroweak baryogenesis is still wide open for the latest experimental bound set by the JILA Collaboration.

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arXiv2022

CP-violating effects on gravitational waves in a complex singlet extension of the Standard Model with degenerate scalars

We examine CP-violating effects on electroweak phase transition (EWPT) in the standard model with a complex singlet scalar focusing particularly on a scenario where additional scalars have masses close to 125 GeV. Such a high mass degeneracy makes collider signatures in the scenario standard model like, and current experimental data cannot distinguish them from the standard model predictions. We utilize a simplified scalar potential to understand impacts of CP violation on EWPT qualitatively. Then, one-loop effective potential with a thermal resummation is employed for full numerical evaluations. As a phenomenological consequence, gravitational waves from the first-order EWPT are also evaluated. We find that the strength of the first-order EWPT would get weaker as the CP-violating effect becomes larger. As a result, gravitational wave amplitudes are diminished by the size of the CP violation. Future gravitational wave experiments may shed light on CP violation in the singlet scalar sector as well as the experimental blind spot due to the high mass degeneracy.

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arXiv2021

Electroweak phase transition in a complex singlet extension of the Standard Model with degenerate scalars

We study the feasibility of strong first-order electroweak phase transition (EWPT) in a degenerate-scalar scenario of a complex singlet extension of the Standard Model, in which a mass of an additional scalar is nearly degenerate with that of the Higgs boson, 125 GeV. This scenario is known to provide an exquisite solution for circumventing constraints from dark matter direct detection experiments due to cancellations between two scattering amplitudes mediated by two scalars. In the analysis of EWPT, we employ two gauge-invariant calculation schemes on the scalar potential and two familiar resummation methods in evaluating one-loop (gauge dependent) effective potential. We point out that one of the conditions for the strong first-order EWPT is incompatible with the known suppression mechanism of a dark matter cross-section scattering off the nucleons. Nevertheless, we find that strong first-order EWPT is still possible in the degenerate-scalar scenario by dodging dark matter constraints differently.

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arXiv2021

Electroweak baryogenesis via bottom transport: complementarity between LHC and future lepton collider probes

We study the complementarity between the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and future lepton colliders in probing electroweak baryogenesis induced by an additional bottom Yukawa coupling $ρ_{bb}$. The context is general two Higgs doublet model (g2HDM) where such additional bottom Yukawa coupling can account for the observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe if $\mbox{Im}(ρ_{bb}) \gtrsim 0.058$. We find that LHC would probe the nominal $\mbox{Im}(ρ_{bb})$ required for baryogenesis to some extent via $bg \to bA \to bZh$ process if $300~\mbox{GeV}\lesssim m_A \lesssim 450$ GeV, where $A$ is the CP-odd scalar in g2HDM. We show that future electron positron collider such as International Linear Collider with $500$ GeV and 1 TeV collision energies may offer unique probe for the nominal $\mbox{Im}(ρ_{bb})$ via $e^+ e^- \to Z^*\to A H$ process followed by $A,H \to b \bar b$ decays in four $b$-jets signature. For complementarity we also study the resonant diHiggs productions, which may give an insight into strong first-order electroweak phase transition, via $e^+ e^- \to Z^*\to A H \to A h h$ process in six $b$-jets signature. We find that 1 TeV collision energy with $\mathcal{O}(1)~\text{ab}^{-1}$ integrated luminosity could offer an ideal environment for the discovery.

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arXiv2020

Probing Electroweak Baryogenesis induced by extra bottom Yukawa coupling via EDMs and collider signatures

We study the prospect of probing electroweak baryogenesis driven by an extra bottom Yukawa coupling $ρ_{bb}$ in a general two Higgs doublet model via electric dipole moment (EDM) measurements and at the collider experiments. The parameter space receives meaningful constraints from 125 GeV Higgs $h$ boson signal strength measurements as well as several heavy Higgs boson searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In addition, we show that the asymmetry of the CP asymmetry of inclusive $B\to X_s γ$ decay would provide complementary probe. A discovery is possible at the LHC via $bg\to bA \to b Z h$ process if $|ρ_{bb}|\sim 0.15$ and $250~\mbox{GeV}\lesssim m_A \lesssim 350$ GeV, where $A$ is CP odd scalar. For $m_A> 2 m_t$ threshold, where $m_t$ is the top quark mass, one may also discover $bg\to bA \to b t \bar t$ at the high luminosity LHC run if an extra top Yukawa coupling $|ρ_{tt}|\sim0.5$, though it may suffer from systematic uncertainties. For completeness we study $gg\to t \bar t A \to t \bar t b \bar b $ but find it not promising.

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arXiv2020

Magnetic mass effect on the sphaleron energy

We elucidate a magnetic mass effect on a sphaleron energy that is crucial for baryon number preservation needed for successful electroweak baryogenesis. It is found that the sphaleron energy increases in response to the magnetic mass. As an application, we study the sphaleron energy and electroweak phase transition with the magnetic mass in a two-Higgs-doublet model. Although the magnetic mass can screen the gauge boson loops, it relaxes a baryon number preservation criterion more effectively, broadening the baryogenesis-possible region. Our findings would be universal in any new physics models as long as the gauge sector is common to the standard model.

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arXiv2020

Cancellation mechanism for the electron electric dipole moment connected with the baryon asymmetry of the Universe

We elucidate a cancellation mechanism for the electric dipole moment of the electron in the general two Higgs doublet model. The impressive improvement by the ACME Collaboration in 2018 suggests the presence of a new electron Yukawa coupling that brings in exquisite cancellations among dangerous diagrams, broadening the solution space for electroweak baryogenesis driven by an extra top Yukawa coupling. The cancellation mechanism calls for the new Yukawa couplings to have hierarchical structures that echo the observed pattern of the Standard Model Yukawa couplings.

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arXiv2019

$F(R)$ gravity in the early Universe: Electroweak phase transition and chameleon mechanism

It is widely believed that the screening mechanism is an essential feature for the modified gravity theory. Although this mechanism has been examined thoroughly in the past decade, their analyses are based on the classical configuration of the matter fields. In this paper, we demonstrate a new formulation of the chameleon mechanism in $F(R)$ gravity theory, to shed light on quantum-field theoretical effects on the chameleon mechanism as well as the related scalaron physics, induced by the matter sector. We show a potential absence of the chameleon mechanism in the cosmic history based on a scale-invariant-extended scenario beyond the standard model of particle physics, in which a realistic electroweak phase transition, possibly yielding the right amount of baryon asymmetry of Universe today, simultaneously breaks the scale invariance in the early Universe. Remarkably enough, the matter sector contribution to the trace of energy-momentum tensor turns out to be on the same order of magnitude as that computed in the classical perfect-fluid approximation, even though the theory involves the nontrivial electroweak-phase transition environment. We also briefly discuss the oscillation of the scalaron field and indirect generation of non-tensorial gravitational waves induced by the electroweak phase transition.

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arXiv2019

Radiative Corrections to Triple Higgs Coupling and Electroweak Phase Transition: Beyond One-loop Analysis

We evaluate dominant two-loop corrections to the triple Higgs coupling and strength of a first-order electroweak phase transition in the inert Higgs doublet model. It is found that sunset diagrams can predominantly enhance the former and reduce the latter. As a result, the triple Higgs coupling normalized by the standard model value at two-loop level is more enhanced than the corresponding one-loop value.

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arXiv2019

Enhanced $Z$ boson decays as a new probe of first-order electroweak phase transition at future lepton colliders

We study phenomenological consequences of the strong first-order electroweak phase transition in an extension of the standard model with an inert doublet and vector-like leptons motivated by the muon $g-2$ anomaly and dark matter. We find that a condition for the strong first-order electroweak phase transition inevitably induces a large logarithmic enhancement in $Z$ boson decays, which relegates the explanation of the anomalous muon $g-2$ at below 2$σ$ level. Our analysis shows that future lepton collider experiments, especially the Giga-$Z$ at the International Linear Collider and Tera-$Z$ at the Circular Electron Positron Collider as well as Future Circular Collider have great capability to explore the nature of the electroweak phase transition, which is complementary to conventional approaches via measurements of the triple Higgs boson coupling and gravitational waves.

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arXiv2019

Electroweak baryogenesis via bottom transport

We consider a scenario in which an extra bottom Yukawa coupling can drive electroweak baryogenesis in the general two-Higgs doublet model. It is found that the new bottom Yukawa coupling with $\mathcal{O}(0.1)$ in magnitude can generate the sufficient baryon asymmetry without conflicting existing data. We point out that future measurements of the bottom Yukawa coupling at High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider and International Linear Collider, together with the CP asymmetry of $B\to X_sγ$ at SuperKEKB provide exquisite probes for this scenario.

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arXiv2019

Dark Matter, Muon $g-2$, Electric Dipole Moments and $Z\to \ell_i^+ \ell_j^-$ in a One-Loop Induced Neutrino Model

We study a simple one-loop induced neutrino mass model that contains both bosonic and fermionic dark matter candidates and has the capacity to explain the muon anomalous magnetic moment anomaly. We perform a comprehensive analysis by taking into account the relevant constraints of charged lepton flavor violation, electric dipole moments, and neutrino oscillation data. We examine the constraints from lepton flavor-changing $Z$ boson decays at one-loop level, particularly when the involved couplings contribute to the muon $g-2$. It is found that $\text{BR}(Z\to μτ)\simeq (10^{-7}$ - $10^{-6})$ while $\text{BR}(τ\toμγ)\lesssim 10^{-11}$ in the fermionic dark matter scenario. The former can be probed by the precision measurement of the $Z$ boson at future lepton colliders.

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arXiv2018

Revisiting electroweak phase transition in the standard model with a real singlet scalar

We revisit the electroweak phase transition in the standard model with a real scalar, utilizing several calculation methods to investigate scheme dependences. We quantify the numerical impacts of Nambu-Goldstone resummation, required in one of the schemes, on the strength of the first-order electroweak phase transition. We also employ a gauge-independent scheme to make a comparison with the standard gauge-dependent results. It is found that the effect of the Nambu-Goldstone resummation is typically $\sim1\%$. Our analysis shows that both gauge-dependent and -independent methods give qualitatively the same result within theoretical uncertainties. In either methods, the scale uncertainties in the ratio of critical temperature and the corresponding Higgs vacuum expectation value are more than 10%, which signifies the importance of higher-order corrections.

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